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Message-ID: <CA+icZUXJwvr7k1xrEy1w_Fw4D3V-LA7dKfDa0gxHHmNu3XY=kw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 2016 08:47:30 +0100
From:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
To:	Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [Linux-v4.4-LTS] ppp: Backport of rtnetlink device handling

Hi Guillaume,

which patches do I need to backport "ppp: rtnetlink device handling"
to Linux v4.4 which will be a LongTerm-Supported (LTS) Linux-kernel
[0]?

I tried [1] and [2] on top of recent net-next Git tree which will be
in Linux v4.5.
Currently, your patches are not included in net-next.git#master.

In the thread "[net-next] ppp: rtnetlink device handling" [4] you
explained the benefits and use-case etc.

Checking with git-log shows me these commits...

$ git log --oneline --no-merges v4.4-rc8.. drivers/net/ppp net/l2tp
19e8c5713e78 l2tp: rely on ppp layer for skb scrubbing
645eee4eba45 ppp: implement rtnetlink device handling
3a9bce0ae138 ppp: define reusable device creation functions
69d9728d00c7 ppp: declare ppp devices as enumerated interfaces
94dbffe16eb1 ppp: define "ppp" device type
681b4d88ad8e pppox: use standard module auto-loading feature
a8acce6aa584 ppp: remove PPPOX_ZOMBIE socket state
8734e485fed5 ppp: don't set sk_state to PPPOX_ZOMBIE in pppoe_disc_rcv()

...is that sufficient for a backport?

Where there changes to net(-nex)t infrastructure which I need as well?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,
- Sedat -

[0] https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/560702/
[2] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/560703/
[3] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/561540/
[4] http://marc.info/?t=145154824300001&r=1&w=2
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